Evensong/Special services

Fall/Winter    -   2011/2012

Evensong: This is a sung service of Evening Prayer, is one of the most inspiring and beautiful liturgies of the Anglican Communion. It is a worship service in which all those assembled join together in prayer, “common prayer,” as Thomas Cranmer described it in the sixteenth century. It is also a service in which music by the choir has traditionally been a central part. Evensong services are at 5:00 p.m. and will be held on:

October 16, Evensong
for the Feast of Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley and Thomas Cranmer
5:00 pm Phos Hilaron, Michael Sitton 
Magnificat, Grayston Ives 
Nunc dimittis, Ronald Arnatt 
Come Down, O Love Divine, Charles Beaudrot

November 13, Evensong
for the Eve of the Consecration of Samuel Seabury
5:00 pm Phos Hilaron, Sue Mitchell-Wallace (Composed for St. David’s)
Magnificat, Betty Carr Pulkingham
Nunc Dimittis, Peter Aston
The Day Thou Gavest, Peter Pindar Stearn

Wednesday, November 30th---TAIZE service in the Nave, 7:45PM 
(immediately following the Wednesday night program)

Sunday, December 11th---TAIZE Eucharist in the Nave, 6:00 PM 

December 18, Advent Lessons & Carols
5:00 pm Matin Responsory, Thomas Foster
Veiled In Darkness, Glenn L. Rudolph
Creator of the Stars of Night, Malcolm Archer
The Cherry Tree Carol, arr. David Willcocks
Long Ago, Prophets Knew, arr. Malcolm Archer
How Shall I Fifly Meet Thee, J.S. Bach/ ed. Malcolm Archer
Nova, Nova, Grayston Ives
Advent Antiphon, ed. Stephen Cleobury

January 29, Evensong
for the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
5:00 pm Phos Hilaron, Plainsong
Magnificat, Larry King
Nunc Dimittis: Song of Simeon, Michael Sitton (Commissioned by St. David’s)
The Song of Christ’s Glory, Phillip Moore

March 26, Meditation on the Passion
5:00 pm I Wonder As I Wander, arr. Richard Shepherd
Corpus Christi Carol, Benjamin Britten
God So Loved the World, John Stainer

There will be receptions at 5:45 p.m. in the old Parish Hall following each Evensong service.